VP of Operations

About the Company

Backed by leading deep tech VCs, Terranova builds intelligent robotic systems to terraform the Earth itself - lifting land, restoring wetlands, and protecting critical infrastructure from floods. Our mission is to preserve the built environment, create new habitats, and usher in an era of abundance.

Responsibilities

• Own company-wide execution across engineering, operations, deployments, hiring, finance, procurement, legal coordination, and customer delivery
• Build and run the operating system of the company including weekly cadence, project plans, dashboards, and decision-making processes
• Manage and motivate a high-intensity technical team
• Drive field deployments from planning through completion, ensuring projects do not slip due to logistics, staffing, or materials
• Work directly with the CEO to support fundraising, board communication, and strategic planning
• Support GTM and customer execution across PE firms, developers, infrastructure owners, and government agencies
• Recruit, evaluate, and help close exceptional talent across technical, operational, and commercial roles

Requirements

• Exceptional operational judgment, intensity, and ownership
• Experience leading strategy, operations, deployment, or company-building at a high-growth deep tech, robotics, aerospace, defense, or hardware startup
• Ability to manage technical teams and make high-quality decisions around complex engineering and field operations
• Strong comfort with customers, investors, board members, and government stakeholders
• Willingness to work on-site in Berkeley, CA
• U.S. work authorization

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience as a VP, Director, or Head of Strategy/Operations at a deep tech company
• Prior experience as a COO, CPO, CTO, or GM at a Series B or later hardware startup
• Experience deploying products that are hard to sell and hard to build
• Founder or founder-level operating experience (0->1)
• Strong finance, strategic planning, and fundraising fluency